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Durance meaning

  1. Imprisonment; forced confinement.
  2. Duration.
  3. Endurance, durability.

Synonyms of Durance

captivity imprisonment incarceration immurement

Related words

Other words often associated with Durance or its synonyms:

confinement enslavement internment penalty subjection penalisation punishment subjugation penalization

Using Durance

  • The main meaning on this page is: Imprisonment; forced confinement. | Duration. | Endurance, durability.
  • Useful related words include: captivity, imprisonment, incarceration, immurement.
  • In the example corpus, durance often appears in combinations such as: erica durance, the durance.

Context around Durance

  • Average sentence length in these examples: 18.9 words
  • Position in the sentence: 5 start, 4 middle, 2 end
  • Sentence types: 10 statements, 1 questions, 0 exclamations

Often before:

erica 4× isabelle 1× shane 1×

Often after:

vile 1× director 1× fans 1× describes 1×

Sentence patterns with Durance

These short patterns come directly from the example sentences and show how the word is often embedded:

and erica durance fans might 1× durance describes lois 1× durance vile might 1× from the durance 1× lane erica durance who already 1× lois erica durance then moved 1× or the durance at the 1× personae in durance i am 1×

Sentence openings and endings

Common sentence openings:

clark and lois 1× durance describes lois 1× durance vile might 1× hannibal evaded this 1× he then engages 1× her role was 1×

Common sentence endings:

a metropolis apartment 1× alps in autumn 1× and fiercely independent 1× as s alura 1× from the durance 1× load of pollutant 1×

Words around Durance

Just before it in the word index:

duran 158 duramax 8 duraman 3 duralumin 8 duraludon 3 dural 8

Just after it in the word index:

durand 57 durandal 7 durandeau 2 durang 3 durango 96 durani 4

Similar in corpus frequency:

aadi 14 aayush 14 abbottabad 14 aberdonian 14 abhi 14 aborting 14

Corpus analysis for Durance

  • In this selection, "durance" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 18.9 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around the word, erica, isabelle, shane, vile, director and fans stand out and add context to how "durance" is used.
  • Recognizable usage signals include and erica durance fans might and durance describes lois. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
  • By corpus frequency, "durance" sits close to words such as aadi, aayush and abbottabad, which helps place it inside the broader word index.

Example types with durance

The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:

Short example sentences

Her role was recast with Erica Durance. (7 words)

Durance describes Lois as "sassy and fiercely independent". (8 words)

Shane Durance and Dr Zanker tend to a patient. (9 words)

Longer example sentences

Moody (2007), 113 Meeting Dorothy Shakespear, Personae In Durance I am homesick after mine own kind, Oh I know that there are folk about me, friendly faces, But I am homesick after mine own kind. (35 words)

He then engages in a fight with Lex and gets the upper hand, before Lex ultimately disappears and leaves Clark with Lois Lane (Erica Durance, who already appeared in the event as 's Alura). (34 words)

With the plethora of cameos featured on The CW's "Crisis on Infinite Earths" crossover, including alumni Tom Welling and Erica Durance, fans might be asking: where was Michael Rosenbaum, Lex Luthor? (32 words)

Question examples

With the plethora of cameos featured on The CW's "Crisis on Infinite Earths" crossover, including alumni Tom Welling and Erica Durance, fans might be asking: where was Michael Rosenbaum, Lex Luthor? (32 words)

Example sentences (11)

Durance vile might possibly be nicer in rural Oregon, but I don't intend to find out for myself.

Professor Isabelle Durance, director of Water Research Institute, explains: "Spill hours don’t correlate to volume or load of pollutant.

Shane Durance and Dr Zanker tend to a patient.

With the plethora of cameos featured on The CW's "Crisis on Infinite Earths" crossover, including alumni Tom Welling and Erica Durance, fans might be asking: where was Michael Rosenbaum, Lex Luthor?

Clark and Lois (Erica Durance) then moved into a Metropolis apartment.

He then engages in a fight with Lex and gets the upper hand, before Lex ultimately disappears and leaves Clark with Lois Lane (Erica Durance, who already appeared in the event as 's Alura).

Her role was recast with Erica Durance.

All of these canals took their water from the Durance.

Durance describes Lois as "sassy and fiercely independent".

Hannibal evaded this force and by an unknown route reached (the Isère or the Durance ) at the foot of the Alps in autumn.

Moody (2007), 113 Meeting Dorothy Shakespear, Personae In Durance I am homesick after mine own kind, Oh I know that there are folk about me, friendly faces, But I am homesick after mine own kind.

Common combinations with durance

These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:

Frequently asked questions

How do you use "durance" in a sentence?
An example: "Durance vile might possibly be nicer in rural Oregon, but I don't intend to find out for myself." This page contains 10+ example sentences with the word "durance" from authentic English texts.
What does "durance" mean?
Durance means: Imprisonment; forced confinement.
What are synonyms of "durance"?
Common synonyms of "durance" include: captivity, imprisonment, incarceration, immurement.
How many example sentences with "durance" are there?
Voorbeeldzinnen.info contains at least 10+ example sentences with "durance", drawn from a database of millions of English sentences.